Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Will the 'Inactive Worker with Caseloads' report only be available to County Administrators, or would Supervisors and Managers in that Office be able to pull those reports as well?
A: The “Inactive Worker with Caseloads” report in Salesforce is currently only available to County Administrators through the Action Launcher Section. Managers and Supervisors do not have access to this report. As a note, “Manager” is not used as a permission type. This report isn’t available in Tableau for supervisors unless they learn how to create it.
Q: Is there a possibility that pulling certain reports can be added as a permission so this can be granted to those Supervisors and Managers in the office?
A: At this time, Supervisors and Data Analysts will be able to view all CWS-CARES reports in Tableau. There are other areas of the system that have reports in Salesforce that are only accessible to County Administrators.
Q: What are examples of External Workers in CWS-CARES?
A: Examples of External Workers are Probation and Family First Prevention Services Acf (FFPSA) Workers.
Q: In CWS-CARES, do counties need to add the county assigned Object ID somewhere?
A: The Project is planning to reuse the Object ID. As such, the only time the Object ID would need to be entered is for the creation of a new user.
Q: Do Administrators still need to have a particular Permission Set assigned to themselves before we can assign it to someone else?
A: No, Administrators do not need a particular permission set assigned to them before assigning it to others; however, there are currently several permissions and overrides that can only be assigned by a State Administrator.
Q: Is there the ability to copy the access of an existing user?
A: No, there is no ability to copy the access of an existing user to another. Additionally, only Administrators can see what privileges a user has, and only for users who aren’t at or above their same Administrator level.
Q: If I am added to the staff authority area of a Unit in CWS/CMS, then I have access to all of the caseloads included in that unit. Will that be the case in CWS-CARES?
A: Yes, you can give users a unit staff authority type of permission in CWS-CARES as well, but they would need to be added to the unit as a backup supervisor. We typically view permissions by case, not caseload.
Q: In CWS-CARES, are permissions and access options multi-select?
A: Yes, these permissions and access options are multi-select.
Q: Will County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) be integrated with CWS-CARES?
A: Yes, in CARES V1, the CECRIS Integration will pull DFA600 data one-way from CECRIS to CWS-CARES. All CECRIS data in CWS-CARES will be read-only; users will not be able to edit/change this data in CWS-CARES.
Q: Will the transfer of data from County Expense Claim Reporting Information System (CECRIS) into CWS-CARES be after the files are audited/approved by CDSS? Will CWS-CARES also receive revised CECRIS Claims?
A: CWS-CARES will receive both the unaudited and audited Original claims approved by the state as federal reporting requires both. CWS-CARES will also receive the approved Adjustment claims. The interface data exchange with CECRIS occurs on a monthly basis. This data will be sent once CECRIS has received all prior to audit claims for each county OR when all audited claims have been approved by CDSS (i.e., when all Original claims have been approved by CDSS, all approved Original claims for each county will be sent to CWS-CARES at once).